Hideki Asaithrew a team high (for the day) 122 pitches in the bullpen today. He told reporters that he ended up throwing more pitches than he originally planned because there were a few things he was checking. Regarding Sawamura, Asai said that watching him play catch reminded him of Masahiro Tanaka playing catch.

Hirokazu Sawamura (1st round) told reporters yesterday that he figures there will be days during spring camp where he'll throw more than 100 pitches and that there also might be days when he tosses sessions on back-to-back days.

9:46am - Visit ends. Sawamura wrote Regain and Contribute on his ema. While walkig along the road, Sawamura says, "I am a rookie and I would like to help the team win a championship. I'd like to see some improvement in myself by the time camp ends."

10:15am - Sawamura arrives at the stadium.

11:05am - Sawamura plays catch with Jumpei Ono. Hara watches closely.

11:26am - Sawamura takes grounders at second.

11:45am - Sawamura and the other pitchers work on fielding drills around the mound.

12:06am - Fielding practice ends.

1:15pm - After doing some strengthening exercises, Sawamura is the last to enter the bullpen. He throws 7 pitches to a standing catcher and then another 23 with the catcher sitting (Shinnosuke Abe). It's about a 10 minute session. Breakdown of the 23 pitches: 15 fastball and 8 sliders. He struggled with his control a little with only 11 going for strikes. Said Sawamura, "It wasn't a good session. But I had the catcher sit, so that's progress."

1:55pm - Sawamura takes soft toss BP with Ono.

2:40pm - Sawamura heads to the track and begins running.

3:10pm - Sawamura answers interview questions. Said Sawamura, "I did well despite being a little nervous. They have expectations for me so I want to do my best." After the questions, he returned to the hotel.

4:20pm - While back at the hotel, Sawamura did some shadow pitching. End at 5:00pm.